Patti and Max are known here as Woofwhisperer. Patti has posted once or twice I think but some of you have known her and her toy Poodle Max from the other forum for several years.
Max went into very bad congestive heart failure - right-sided - night before last. Yesterday she let him go.
Max... Max made Chris' diabetes look like the most boring by-the-book case you've ever seen. I still think the University of Georgia in Athens may wind up naming an endocrine disorder after him.
Max was small, around six or seven pounds, but he could throw ketones on a 1/4 unit of insulin and go hypoglycemic on 1/2 a unit. And "flat curve" was a totally foreign concept to that boy, even on that tiny dose of insulin.
Medically, he confounded everyone who ever worked with him, including very fine veterinarians at two teaching hospitals. He was also one of the first dogs to be monitored with a continuous glucose monitoring system.
I know a lot of people who have gone the extra mile and then some for their dogs.... no one did more or could have done more for Max than Patti did. Figuring out how to maintain his diabetes was such a huge challenge - I think he tried every insulin available... except R! After all, NPH could drop him 300 points!
Max also had the sad distinction of being one of the dogs I know who went deaf about two years ago after being treated with gentamycin.
I would liked to have met Max. And I need to get a picture from Patti. I have seen great pictures of him and his stuffed toy... a monkey maybe? at UGA.
Godspeed to little Max and my deepest condolences to Patti and her parents, who all adored him.
Natalie
Max went into very bad congestive heart failure - right-sided - night before last. Yesterday she let him go.
Max... Max made Chris' diabetes look like the most boring by-the-book case you've ever seen. I still think the University of Georgia in Athens may wind up naming an endocrine disorder after him.
Max was small, around six or seven pounds, but he could throw ketones on a 1/4 unit of insulin and go hypoglycemic on 1/2 a unit. And "flat curve" was a totally foreign concept to that boy, even on that tiny dose of insulin.
Medically, he confounded everyone who ever worked with him, including very fine veterinarians at two teaching hospitals. He was also one of the first dogs to be monitored with a continuous glucose monitoring system.
I know a lot of people who have gone the extra mile and then some for their dogs.... no one did more or could have done more for Max than Patti did. Figuring out how to maintain his diabetes was such a huge challenge - I think he tried every insulin available... except R! After all, NPH could drop him 300 points!
Max also had the sad distinction of being one of the dogs I know who went deaf about two years ago after being treated with gentamycin.
I would liked to have met Max. And I need to get a picture from Patti. I have seen great pictures of him and his stuffed toy... a monkey maybe? at UGA.
Godspeed to little Max and my deepest condolences to Patti and her parents, who all adored him.
Natalie
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